VDC vs. RSPS: For Consumer Staples ETFs, Does Equal Weighting Beat Lower Costs? [Globe and Mail, The (Toronto, Canada)]
VANGUARD CNSMER STPL ETF (VDC)
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RSPS pays a higher dividend yield but trails significantly on five-year growth and recent performance. VDC is much larger and more diversified, while RSPS equally weights a smaller set of consumer staples stocks. The Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEMKT:VDC) and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEMKT:RSPS) both focus on the consumer staples sector, but VDC charges a fraction of the expense ratio, covers more stocks, and has outperformed RSPS over one and five years. Both funds give investors exposure to companies that produce and sell everyday household products. This comparison looks at how RSPS's equal-weight strategy stacks up against VDC's market-cap-weighted approach, taking into account costs, returns, risk, and each fund's unique characteristics. Snapshot (cost & size) Metric VDC RSPS Issuer Vanguard Invesco Expense ratio 1-yr return (as of March 31, 2026) Dividend yield Beta AUM $9.9 billion $283.9 million Beta measure
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